# Importing Apache logs with FIlebeats tutorial doesn't work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-apache-logs-with-filebeats-tutorial-doesnt-work/221065>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-apache-logs-with-filebeats-tutorial-doesnt-work/221065 "2020-02-26T15:19:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![lgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@lgo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lgo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/importing-apache-logs-with-filebeats-tutorial-doesnt-work/221065/11 "2020-02-28T09:07:08Z")

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Hi Chris

You saying that the paths config is not an array made me search on Google the last line of the filebeat logs and found [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-ingest-apache2-logs-through-filebeat/146309/3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-ingest-apache2-logs-through-filebeat/146309/3). I had to change the apache.yml file from:

```
var.paths: /home/luis/Downloads/apache_logs

```

to

```
var.paths:
  - '/home/luis/Downloads/apache_logs'

```

And now it works with `filebeat -e -d "*"`!!

Thanks a lot, Chris.

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